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DignaJura

A town of 371 in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Digna a good place to live?

Digna is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Digna stand out

The one thing Digna does most differently from other towns.

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Digna’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Digna’s story

No historic monuments in Digna

The Culture ministry lists no building in Digna as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Château du Brouchy, in Champagnat, 2.9 mi away.

24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Digna.

Who lives here

Few people in Digna are 15 to 24: 8.4%, fewer than in Jura’s towns and compared French towns

For Digna, that is below both Jura’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for 30% of residents.

48.9median age
DignaJura medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma26%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Digna
DignaJura medianFrance median
Under 1516%14%17%
15–248.4%10%11%
25–4416%21%23%
45–6429%26%26%
65+30%27%22%
No diploma26%21%19%
CAP or BEP31%25%26%
Baccalauréat17%18%18%
Higher education20%28%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Digna has lower unemployment than Jura’s towns or compared French towns: 4.6%

Digna sits below both Jura’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Digna has 0 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.1 per worker. 5.3% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
Public transport5%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Digna, 0.1 per working resident
4.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,600
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

90.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

That puts Digna close to Jura’s towns (89.0%) and above compared French towns (87.5%).

90.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Digna90.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Roger BoyerNearest collègeCollègeCollège6390%+2 pts
90.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +2 pts against the expected rate
1.2 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Digna is €9.53/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.

€9.53/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Digna€9.53/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Jura median€10.38/m²
€9.53/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.45 to €12.20/m² a month)
€7.09/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Chevreaux and 4 more in and around Digna

Heritage in and near Digna. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Digna

13pages on Digna

Landmarks

Nothing in Digna is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Digna

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Digna yet.

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Digna’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Jura →
Louhans-ChâteaurenaudMontmorotLons-le-SaunierSaint-Étienne-du-BoisLouhans-ChâteaurenaudMontmorotLons-le-SaunierSaint-Étienne-du-BoisDigna
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Digna371—————
Louhans-Châteaurenaud Saône-et-Loire6,44611BA−C−C+
Montmorot3,26113BBC−B
Lons-le-Saunier16,61814C+B+DB−
Saint-Étienne-du-Bois Ain2,58417—B—A+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Digna

Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Digna is a commune of 371 people in the Communauté de communes Porte du Jura. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.

Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries

Population
371 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Porte du Jura
Département
Jura (39)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
1.3 sq mi (3.4 km²)
INSEE code
39197

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.